Tuesday January 14, 2014

Gabriela Romeu, 2013 graduate of the Asian Studies M.A. program at FIU, was featured in an Okinawa Times newspaper article in September.
Gabriela also wrote an article for AJET Connect Magazine in November on the textbook controversy in Japan.

Thursday January 9, 2014

Two 2013 M.A. Asian Studies graduates, Gabriela Romeu and Alexis Moore, were chosen for the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Program that started this September. Both FIU alumni are currently in Japan successfully continuing the Program.

February

Wednesday February 5, 2014

The scholarship, currently being offered by MEXT, is a great opportunity for the undergraduate students interested in improving their knowledge of Japan in a Japanese university. The application deadline is March 7th.

Tuesday February 4, 2014

Lamarr Nuñez is a recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for the spring 2014 semester. He is attending Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan, to fulfill his Japanese Studies Certificate and English major requirements. Nuñez also received the JASSO Scholarship. To read the full article, please click here.

May

Wednesday May 21, 2014

Twin sisters Shalisha and Shonda Witherspoon, both pursuing the Japanese Studies Certificate, have been featured on the FIU News page for their Study Abroad experience. They won several scholarships from the Fund for Education Abroad, Gilman, Fu Foundation and FIU’s Office of Study Abroad to travel to Kyoto, Japan this summer.

Thursday June 26, 2014

August

Thursday August 28, 2014

Fine arts major Nathalie Alfonso enrolled in an FIU study abroad program organized by Art & Art History Professor Lidu Yi, during which she met some of the country’s best-known contemporary artists. Alfonso recently decided to go to China and also initiated a program for young artists in Miami.

Monday August 4, 2014

Art exhibition by Chinese artist Simon Ma at the Frost Art Museum was recognized by the Miami Herald. In Chinese, the name Ma means horse and the year 2014 marks the Chinese year of the horse. Click here to read the article in the Miami Herald.

Monday September 1, 2014

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Hitomi Yoshio, Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, is the new Graduate Program Director for the Asian Studies MA Program. She will work closely with Dr. Heine to help graduate students as she transitions into this new role.

October

Monday October 6, 2014

Professor Marr, who has been conducting fieldwork as a Social Science Research Council/Center for Global Partnership Abe Fellow in Japan since May 2014, proposed to show the film "Right to Wynwood," in Kamagasaki, Osaka to stoke debate about art and gentrification in global cites.

November

Monday November 17, 2014

Dr. Yoshio's article, "Performing the Woman Writer: Literature, Media, and Gender Politics in Tamura Toshiko's Akirame and 'Onna sakusha,'" was recently published in the journal Japanese Language and Literature.